Are you interested in bringing transparency to our city council?
When it comes to voting time, the only information most people have to help make their decision is what the politicians say about themselves and each other. This is not ideal, because the average citizen neither trusts politicians, nor has access to the information that they can use to make informed decisions.
Open Council will make council proceedings readily available to citizens, hopefully moving them to contact city council members with their thoughts, and make more informed choices when voting in municipal elections. This includes:
- Meeting Agendas
- Vote History (by councillor, date, and issue)
- Setup a domain + server for opencouncil.ca
- Install Kevin O'Donnell's OttWatch system for London
- Integrate with London's version of SirePub
- Launch
This is not a hackathon. We will meet for a few hours and get what we can done, snack on healthy snacks, and then go home to our families. We want to have fun and not burn out!
We're looking for 1 or 2 heroes to fill each of these specific roles on Saturday:
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Someone who knows anything about SIREPUB
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Someone who knows about the differences between the Ottawa municipal government and London's (or at least can find out)
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GIS/MySQL specialist
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Open Data (scraping) person
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Server Person (who knows how to cron)
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Designer
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Front end developer
- 9:00-10:00 determine mini-sprints
- 10:00-12:00 Sprint 1
- 12:00-12:30 Scrum + Lunch
- 12:30-2:30 Sprint 2
- 2:30-3:00 Scrum + Break
- 3:00-5:00 Sprint 3
Healthy snacks and refreshments will be provided throughout the day
Where: Hacker Studios
When: Saturday August 17th, 9am - 5pm
